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1944, 14 October: Athens is liberated and the Greek government-in-exile returns, with George Papandreou as Premier. 1944, 18 October: Premier George Papandreou and his national unity government repatriate. 1944, 3 December: "Dekemvriana" (December events). 28 people are killed by British troops and policemen in Athens.
In the resulting "Caserta Agreement", signed on 26 September 1944, EDES, ELAS, and the Greek government-in-exile, agreed to place their forces under the command of British Lt. General Ronald Scobie, designated to represent the Allied High Command in Greece, for the purpose of driving the Axis out of Greece. ELAS and EDES also agreed to allow ...
A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance Versus Empire. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-1-84964-719-9. Grigoriadis, Solon (1982). Συνοπτική Ιστορία της Εθνικής Αντίστασης, 1941-1944 [Concise History of the National Resistance, 1941-1944] (in Greek). Athens: Kapopoulos. Hart, Janet (Fall 1990).
31 December 1944 9 years, 36 days Restored to the throne following the 3 November 1935 referendum — Archbishop Damaskinos Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός (1891–1949) 31 December 1944 27 September 1946 1 year, 270 days Regent (Named regent after the Liberation of Greece, until the conclusion of a referendum on the monarchy ...
The National Council was an assembly elected by secret elections organised by the PEEA in late April 1944 in both the liberated parts of Greece and the still-occupied cities, mainly Athens. Between 1.5 and 1.8 million Greeks voted in these elections, which are notable for the fact that for the first time in Greece, women were allowed to vote .
Athens: Hellenic Army History Directorate. ISBN 960-7897-33-1. Mamarelis, Argyrios (2003), The Special Operations Executive in Greece 1941–1944: The case of the 5/42 Regiment of Evzones (PDF) Papastratis, Prokopis (1984), British policy towards Greece during the Second World War, 1941–1944, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-24342-1
14 April 1944 2 years, 359 days Independent: Chairman of the Bank of Greece, appointed by King George II. In exile to London and after in Cairo from 23 May 1941. Collaborationist governments during the occupation by Axis powers (1941–1944) Georgios Tsolakoglou Γεώργιος Τσολάκογλου (1886–1948) — 30 April 1941 2 December 1942
The Chortiatis Massacre (Greek: Σφαγή του Χορτιάτη) was a violent reprisal by the Greek collaborationist Security Battalions and German army troops during the Axis Occupation of Greece. On 2 September 1944, a platoon of Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) fighters ambushed a government water supply column outside Chortiatis ...